Random Arsenal Shit (When it's not worth starting a thread)

[Penguin]

Agree with Zim.

I'm not overly impressed with the deal. £200m over 5 seasons isn't impressive especially when our rivals will be renegotiating deals in the next 2-3 years and overtaking us. On top of that we've managed to sign a deal where we can't have separate sponsors for our training kits, which in the grand scheme of things, is woeful.

And then in 5 years we'll renegotiate and get better deals than them

As long as we're getting around the same levels and our rivals I don't see the problem. Even if we negotiated an extra £5-10m a season it's not going to make a significant difference.

[Niall_Quinn]

We are in a disadvantaged position compared to the other clubs in the top 5. They are looking up while we are in a downward spiral.

Beggars cant be choosers;

Hasn't someone used that line before recently?

You couldn't hit a beggar with a barnyard banjo tbf.

[Cripps]

And then in 5 years we'll renegotiate and get better deals than them

As long as we're getting around the same levels and our rivals I don't see the problem. Even if we negotiated an extra £5-10m a season it's not going to make a significant difference.

We're getting the same as our rivals having just signed a new deal.

They're negotiating new deals as we speak.

Spot the problem.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

This gives us more than Real Madrid get for the same sponsors?

Anyway, if people are concerned that our commercial activity will be dwarfed, the ticket costs will continue to be far more than any others so the costs will be recovered.

[Power n Glory]

We're getting the same as our rivals having just signed a new deal.

They're negotiating new deals as we speak.

Spot the problem.

We're getting more than our rivals after signing a new deal but some of you really need to think about what you're actually saying. You're killing your own previous arguments.

[Cripps]

That's a pretty big leap.

Just because we signed a bad commercial deal doesn't mean we can't spend to keep up with rivals especially with the silly big sums from TV deals and gate income.

[Marc Overmars]

I think the original Nike and Emirates deals really left us playing catch up because we were locked in for so long when the potential for commercial revenue exploded.

Though, I don't really give a shit about our commercial deals truth be told.

[Power n Glory]

That's a pretty big leap.

Just because we signed a bad commercial deal doesn't mean we can't spend to keep up with rivals especially with the silly big sums from TV deals and gate income.

The big leap is this conclusion that it's a bad deal based off deals our rivals haven't even signed yet. Using such logic, I could argue Xhaka was a cheap purchase because we're now seeing players going for £75m - £100m two or three years later. But of course, when we signed Xhaka, £30m - £50m was considered to be the top end of transfer fees.

[Cripps]

[Niall_Quinn]

If they are going to spend the 40 mill each year improving the team, then it's a good deal. If they are going to bank it, then it's an irrelevant deal. We have a quarter billion in cash in the bank, as opposed to on the pitch. There's the problem.